On November 10, 2011, the Government of Armenia adopted the concept of “Community Enlargement and Formation of Inter-Community Unions” which aims to unite small and weak communities into a large community and form a new local self-governance model.

July 5 is the Constitution Day of the Republic of Armenia. In 1995, July 5, the newly independent Armenia adopted its first constitution through a nationwide referendum. It has been revised twice during the whole history – in 2005 and in 2015.

Based on the “Monitoring Results of Abuse of Administrative Resources and Other Election Violations during the Parliamentary Elections” during the Armenian Parliamentary Elections in 2017, the cases of election bribes were the most.

A discussion entitled “Unsolved Problems or Reforms in Gyumri? Assessing the work of Local Self-Government bodies” will be held by Media Center, jointly with the Journalists’ Club “Asparez” in Gyumri on June 16.

Media Center held a press conference devoted to the opening of solo exhibition titled “Paper-Hand and Mind: Narrations in Art” by Swiss Artist Therese Weber at the National Gallery of Armenia on June 15.

Presentation of the brief report entitled “Violations of Human Rights in Armenia July 17-30, 2016” prepared by a number of Armenian NGOs about the July events in 2016 and their consequences, was held at Media Center.